Factual — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

existing in act or fact

of or relating to or characterized by facts

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/fˈæktʃuːəl/

🇬🇧British English

/fˈaktʃuːəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/fˈaktʃuːəl/

2 syllables Say it as /fˈæktʃuːəl/.

Examples

rocks and trees...the actual world
actual heroism
the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

actual

Parts of Speech

adjective	existing in act or fact “rocks and trees...the actual world”
adjective	of or relating to or characterized by facts “factual considerations”

Word Forms

actualize	verb	make real or concrete; give reality or substance to
actuality	noun	the state of actually existing objectively
factualness	noun	the quality of being actual or based on fact
factuality	noun	the quality of being actual or based on fact

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

sachlich

in Tat oder Tatsache existierend

🇫🇷French

factuel

existant en fait ou en fait

🇮🇹Italian

fattuale

esistente in atto o fatto

🇳🇱Dutch

feitelijk

bestaande in handeling of feit

🇷🇺Russian

фактический

существующий в действии или факте

India

🇮🇳Hindi

वास्तविक

कार्य या तथ्य में विद्यमान

🇧🇩Bengali

বাস্তব

কার্য বা বাস্তবে বিদ্যমান

🇮🇳Tamil

உண்மை

செயல் அல்லது உண்மையில் உள்ளது

🇮🇳Telugu

వాస్తవమైన

చట్టం లేదా వాస్తవంలో ఉనికిలో ఉంది

🇮🇳Marathi

तथ्यात्मक

कृती किंवा वस्तुस्थितीत विद्यमान

🇮🇳Gujarati

હકીકતલક્ષી

કૃત્ય અથવા હકીકતમાં અસ્તિત્વમાં છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ವಾಸ್ತವಿಕ

ಆಕ್ಟ್ ಅಥವಾ ವಾಸ್ತವವಾಗಿ ಅಸ್ತಿತ್ವದಲ್ಲಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വസ്തുതാപരമായ

പ്രവൃത്തിയിലോ വസ്തുതയിലോ നിലവിലുണ്ട്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਤੱਥਾਤਮਕ

ਐਕਟ ਜਾਂ ਤੱਥ ਵਿੱਚ ਮੌਜੂਦ

🇵🇰Urdu

حقیقت پر مبنی

عمل یا حقیقت میں موجود

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

事实的

存在于行为或事实中

🇯🇵Japanese

事実上の

行為または事実として存在する

🇰🇷Korean

사실적인

행위나 사실에 존재하는 것

🇻🇳Vietnamese

thực tế

tồn tại trong hành động hoặc thực tế

🇹🇭Thai

ข้อเท็จจริง

ที่มีอยู่ในการกระทำหรือข้อเท็จจริง

🇮🇩Indonesian

nyata

ada dalam tindakan atau fakta

🇵🇭Filipino

makatotohanan

umiiral sa akto o katotohanan

🇲🇾Malay

berfakta

wujud dalam perbuatan atau fakta

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

واقعي

موجود بالفعل أو بالواقع

🇮🇷Persian

واقعی

موجود در عمل یا واقعیت

🇹🇷Turkish

gerçek

eylem veya gerçekte var olan

🇮🇱Hebrew

עוּבדָתִי

קיים במעשה או בעובדה

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